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Under African Skies
Foreign Podicy - May 12, 2023 12:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsAfrica is the second largest continent in the world, both in land area and population. It has more than 1.2 billion people — most of them young and poor — living in 54 countries. If current demographic trends continue, Africa will account for a quarter of humanity by the middle of this century. ...
Special Edition: Ukraine’s War of Independence
Foreign Podicy - May 08, 2023 21:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsUkrainians are defending their homeland from the unprovoked, blatantly illegal, and imperialist war being waged by invading Russian troops under Vladimir Putin’s command. They are also on the front line of a global struggle, fighting in defense of the free world. To discuss, host Cliff May is ...
The Hashemite King’s Gambit
Foreign Podicy - May 01, 2023 21:42 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsFor decades, American policymakers have come to view the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan as an indispensable ally in the Middle East, committing billions of taxpayer dollars to support Jordan's budget, economy, and military. Indeed, Jordan's Peace Treaty with Israel; its strategic position between I...
Israel’s Little Fires Everywhere
Foreign Podicy - April 24, 2023 18:15 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsThe Islamic Republic of Iran makes no effort to conceal its desire to wipe Israel off the map. Just this week, leaders called for the elimination of two major Israeli cities: Tel Aviv and Haifa. The regime in Tehran deploys a wide range of tools and proxies to achieve this end. The result was a ...
Deterring Aggression in the Pacific: A Conversation with General Kenneth S. Wilsbach
Foreign Podicy - April 14, 2023 05:18 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsMany in Washington speculate on the nature and urgency of the military threat from China and the readiness of U.S. forces in the Indo-Pacific to deter and defeat aggression by Beijing. But rather than speculating from afar, it's important to hear candid, informed insights of the American milita...
The U.S.-led Global Order and Its Discontents
Foreign Podicy - March 31, 2023 23:47 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsWhen you hear or read about the American-led rules-based liberal international order do you think: “Yes! That’s important to me and my grandchildren and it needs to be sustained at all costs!” Or do you agree with a recent front-page article in the Wall Street Journal that reported, with no hi...
Six Months of Protests in Iran
Foreign Podicy - March 24, 2023 18:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsFor more than six months now, the Iranian people have protested against the state by taking to the street, chanting "Woman! Life! Liberty!" and other anti-regime slogans. Iranians continue to show the world that they seek a government that represents their interests and values. The Iranian peopl...
The Dark Side of the Coin
Foreign Podicy - March 17, 2023 15:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsWith the implosion of FTX and the arrest of its founder, Washington finally woke up to the need for more effective regulation of cryptocurrency. Yet as government agencies and legislators take up the challenge of crypto regulation, the associated national security challenges need to be front and...
Chatting with the Chief: A Conversation with General James C. McConville
Foreign Podicy - March 03, 2023 23:16 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsGeneral James C. McConville is the 40th Chief of Staff of the United States Army, filling a critical position for our nation once occupied by individuals such as General John J. Pershing, Douglas MacArthur, George Marshall, Dwight Eisenhower, and Omar Bradley. A West Point graduate, soldier, lea...
Czar Vladimir’s War: One Year and Counting
Foreign Podicy - February 24, 2023 23:46 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsVladimir Putin expected to conquer Ukraine in three days. But the brutal and bloody war he launched against his neighbor has dragged on for one year. The factors that gave rise to this war are still widely misunderstood. How or when it will end remains unclear, too. To unpack everything, Foreig...
Tools of Terror: Iran’s Growing Ballistic Missile Threat
Foreign Podicy - February 17, 2023 17:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsThe Islamic Republic of Iran possesses the largest ballistic missile arsenal in the Middle East, and Tehran is working hard to increase its size and quality by pursuing improvements in precision, range, mobility, warhead design, and survivability. That’s one of the conclusions drawn by FDD Senio...
Warrior Diplomat on the Hill
Foreign Podicy - February 10, 2023 16:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsMike Waltz is a warrior and a diplomat. In 2014, he wrote a fascinating book called “Warrior Diplomat: A Green Beret’s Battles from Washington to Afghanistan.” In 2015, he was a non-resident senior fellow at FDD. In 2018, he became the first Green Beret elected to Congress, taking the seat that ...
Junipers, Oaks, and Killer Tomatoes
Foreign Podicy - February 06, 2023 18:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsThe United States and Israel conducted the Juniper Oak 23 multi-domain military exercise in late January. The Pentagon calls it the “largest” and “most significant” bilateral U.S.-Israel exercise in history. This exercise comes as the Islamic Republic of Iran deepens its relationship with China...
Guarding Contested Skies
Foreign Podicy - January 27, 2023 19:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsChina, Russia, Iran, North Korea — not to mention the persistent threat from terrorist organizations. The United States confronts an extraordinary array of threats, with many of our adversaries working together more closely than ever. So, how should we respond? What kind of military do we need?...
Got Nukes?
Foreign Podicy - January 20, 2023 20:54 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsDuring the Cold War, one of the few issues on which the United States and the Soviet Union agreed, was that other states should not have nuclear weapons. The likelihood that one of them would use those weapons – or transfer them to a regime or group that would was too great. This was called the...
From Malmo to Jerusalem
Foreign Podicy - January 16, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsJonathan Conricus was born in Jerusalem but grew up in Sweden. His family returned to Israel when he was 13 years old. A few years later he joined the Israeli Defense Forces, eventually rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel and serving as the IDF’s international spokesman. He joins Foreign P...
Venezuela: A Riches to Rags Story
Foreign Podicy - January 09, 2023 09:46 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsNot that long ago, Venezuela was among the freest and richest nations in Latin America. But in 1999, Hugo Chavez became president and introduced his brand of socialism known as Chavism. Venezuela’s liberties and prosperity were quickly eroded. Chavez died in 2013. Under his successor, Nicolas M...
The Jihad Brothers
Foreign Podicy - December 23, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsThe Muslim Brotherhood has been around for close to a century but most people – certainly most Americans and Europeans – know very little about it. Is it reformist and non-violent as its spokesmen and defenders claim? Or is it – as Cynthia Farahat argues in a new book – the world’s most danger...
Let the Uyghurs Go
Foreign Podicy - December 19, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsThe Uyghurs are a Turkic Muslim people who live in a Central Asian land usually called Xinjiang. They have been – and are being – brutally oppressed by China’s Communist rulers. There can be no debate about that. Nury Turkel was born in a detention center in Xinjiang. As a young adult, he made ...
Latin America’s China Problem
Foreign Podicy - December 10, 2022 02:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsMany Americans recognize the threat emanating from the People’s Republic of China. But some may assume that Beijing’s malign activities are relegated to the Indo-Pacific. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, Beijing is increasingly active in Latin America — right here in our own he...
FIFA’s Qatar World Cup Runneth Over
Foreign Podicy - December 02, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsFIFA’s World Cup of Soccer is a version of the World Series, the Super Bowl, and the Stanley Cup – all rolled into one very international extravaganza. This year, the games have been hip-deep in controversies that have nothing to do with athleticism. Declan Hill is an is an associate professor ...
The Moment Israel Was Born
Foreign Podicy - November 18, 2022 14:10 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsIsrael is the world’s only Jewish-majority state and the only surviving and thriving Jewish community that remains in the Middle East. Despite that — or, maybe, because of that — Israel has many enemies. You may think you know how this unique nation-state was born, but history, like science, ...
The New Millenarianism
Foreign Podicy - November 11, 2022 21:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsRichard Landes is an historian and author who specializes in medieval millennial thinking. His interests include media manipulation intended to defame, demonize, and de-legitimize the Jewish state. He joins host Cliff May to discuss his new book: "Can The Whole World Be Wrong? Lethal Journalism...
Mozart’s Mission in Ukraine
Foreign Podicy - November 04, 2022 20:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsPerhaps you’ve heard of the Wagner Group? They’re Russian mercenaries. They claim they’re not taking orders from Vladimir Putin, but you should be skeptical. At this moment, the Wagner Group is fighting on Putin’s side in Ukraine — but not as effectively as many expected. Less well known is the...
Iran’s 2022 Revolution
Foreign Podicy - November 01, 2022 15:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsRefusing to be silenced, even by brutal crackdowns, the freedom-seeking people of Iran have now surpassed six weeks of nationwide protests following the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman murdered by the so-called "morality" police. Filling in for host Cliff May, FDD Senior Fellow Reuel Marc G...
A Cyberspace Odyssey
Foreign Podicy - October 22, 2022 01:25 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsAmericans must be prepared to defend themselves from hostile armies, navies, air forces – and, not least, soldiers in cyberspace. With that in mind, in 2019, Congress created the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, the CSC. Its mission: “to develop a strategic approach to defending the United State...
Building the Air Force the U.S. Needs
Foreign Podicy - October 11, 2022 20:58 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsNorth Korea is again launching missiles, Iran continues inching towards a nuclear weapons capability, Russia is escalating its aggression in Ukraine, and China is sprinting to field a military capable of invading Taiwan and defeating any effort by Washington to intervene. Considering these extr...
Bank Shot
Foreign Podicy - October 07, 2022 19:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsThe Inter-American Development Bank, the IDB, says its mission is to “improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean,” support countries “working to reduce poverty and inequality,” and “achieve development in a sustainable, climate-friendly way.” For the past two years, for the first time in ...
The modern Middle East’s most accomplished dictator
Foreign Podicy - September 30, 2022 15:01 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsSince 1989, Ali Khamenei has been the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He has outlasted and outplayed everyone else within the first revolutionary generation. His men now control all the critical institutions in the state. He out-negotiated the United States and western Europe in...
Words and Actions in the Taiwan Strait
Foreign Podicy - September 12, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 142 ratingsWashington and Beijing are engaged in an increasingly intense contest spanning nearly all domains of power — and the stakes could not be higher. It’s a competition between the world’s leading constitutional democracy and the world’s leading authoritarian power. While this contest between the U.S...
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